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Post by jamesdoig on May 22, 2009 22:49:37 GMT
Aldine was brought out by Dent and published a couple of ghostlies that are worth mentioning. Love the Woodforde cover!  Christopher Woodforde, A Pad in the Straw, 1962 A Pad in the Straw Malcolm The Mirror of Man's Damnation Colin, Peter, and Philip Sacrilege at St George's Hugh Expert Devilry Jeremy The Old Tithe Barn The Chalk Pit Michael Goutte-De-Sang Richjard The 'Doom' Window at Breckham Robert and Andrew Roderick Lost and Found Tony, Ian, and Co Ex Libris Cushi  W.F. Harvey, The Beast With Five Fingers, 1962 Midnight House The Dabblers Unwinding Mrs Ormerod Double Demon The Tool The Heart of the Fire The Clock Peter Livisham Miss Cornelius The Man Who Hated Aspidistras Sambo The Star Across the Moors The Follower August Heat Sarah Bennet's Possession The Ankardyne Pew Miss Avenal The Beast With Five Fingers |
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Post by dem bones on May 22, 2009 23:18:27 GMT
... in which case you might be interested in the recent, Wordsworth edition of Beast ... extended to include ALL of Harvey's supernatural shorts (or so it seems to me). Full contents here: Beast With Five Fingers The painting on the Woodforde cover is indeed a thing of beauty, and Lost And Found is a gem, quite possibly the finest vampire toby jugg chiller ever committed to print! |
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Post by jamesdoig on May 23, 2009 1:13:18 GMT
Harvey is terrific. A guy I like even more is Sarban - The Doll Maker and Ringstones certainly should be on the Wordsworth wants list.
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Post by elricc on May 24, 2009 20:36:23 GMT
There are a couple of good stories in Pad in the Straw I liked Ex libris, the idea of a book covered in human skin, with the ghost of the victim following it around trying to collect its skin was novel, and I thought Cushi was really creepy to, but there is some real tripe as well
James are you ever going to put a collectio together, I loved Mathrafal, it was a stand out story in ghosts and scholars
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Post by jamesdoig on May 24, 2009 23:24:53 GMT
Yep, Woodforde is one of those lesser known Jamesian writers - not top shelf but worth a look. I think Ash Tree recently reprinted A Pad in the Straw fairly recently.
As for a collection - no, that isn't on the cards, though thanks for the kind words. I much prefer research/editing to writing fiction - I get more pleasure in digging up forgotten writers and their work. Also there are so many excellent writers around at the moment - some of them even contribute to Vault of Evil!
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Post by ddddyyyy on Jun 25, 2009 6:11:34 GMT
I agree with jamesdoig
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Post by bushwick on Jun 25, 2009 9:58:40 GMT
You, my friend, are some computer-genned spam-bot thingy and Demonik will banish your ass.
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Post by David A. Riley on Jun 25, 2009 10:15:02 GMT
Surely not before you've bought yourself a butterfly valve - whatever that is!  David |
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Post by dem bones on Jun 25, 2009 12:17:09 GMT
Comment stays, spam banished, ass to follow in the event of a repeat performance.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Mar 3, 2016 14:22:26 GMT
Regarding the Aldine paperback of Christopher Woodforde's A Pad in the Straw, I prefer the cover of its first hardback edition (Dent 1952). The Sundial Press reprint of 2012 is now out of print.    |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Dec 10, 2018 15:16:11 GMT
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Post by helrunar on Dec 10, 2018 18:42:18 GMT
This sounds really fascinating. I love the photo of the author in High Anglican drag... I mean, vestments.
Sounds right up my street! I wonder how many weeks this new edition will remain in print??
cheers, Steve
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Post by ripper on Dec 11, 2018 18:56:23 GMT
Woodford's A Pad in the Straw is of interest to me as I believe it was included in Rosemary Pardoe's The James Gang. Not absolutely sure if any other of the author's stories are Jamesian, though several sound like they could be.
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Post by elricc on Dec 11, 2018 21:15:19 GMT
Woodford's A Pad in the Straw is of interest to me as I believe it was included in Rosemary Pardoe's The James Gang. Not absolutely sure if any other of the author's stories are Jamesian, though several sound like they could be. I found a copy in a book shop years ago, from what I remember they were quite slight in nature, aimed at pre-war young adults perhaps, I remember a haunted sign post which was OK, and a haunted musical instrument, a serpent |
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Post by ripper on Dec 12, 2018 12:50:24 GMT
Woodford's A Pad in the Straw is of interest to me as I believe it was included in Rosemary Pardoe's The James Gang. Not absolutely sure if any other of the author's stories are Jamesian, though several sound like they could be. I found a copy in a book shop years ago, from what I remember they were quite slight in nature, aimed at pre-war young adults perhaps, I remember a haunted sign post which was OK, and a haunted musical instrument, a serpent Thanks for the info. Not sure I've ever come upon any of Woodford's stories. |
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